Nomad Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Report

Migration Update - 24th August 2009

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24 August 2009

The rains of last week have indeed encouraged many herds to head south again. Since there has been relatively low rainfall and consequently good grass for them to eat, the wildies are remaining spread out and will quickly move to any area that will help them in the short term. So for the time being, the band between central and Kogatende/ Lobo have large numbers of animals in them.

Our guides have been seeing a few crossings of the river in a southerly direction. If the showers continue we should expect more of the herds to congregate in these areas which are further south than one would expect at this time of the year.

The areas recently burnt by the parks as part of their controlled burning program have greened up considerably in the last week, though the amount of grass available in these areas is not yet enough to support large numbers of animals.

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